An Afternoon Bike Ride

Saturday morning we woke up to beautiful sunshine and it was actually WARM! It's almost like Tango had decided to accept the fact that it was late May and the temperatures should be in the mid 20s - not in low teens! We were stuck at home for most of the morning as we were waiting on the NEW COUCH to be delivered. It finally came around 11:30 and we were able to get on with our big plans for the day - a bike ride to Amanohashidate.

We got on the bike path that runs near our apartment and set off. The path runs right beside tons of rice paddies that are all filled with water and freshly planted in the last few weeks. When the wind isn't blowing,

the mountains (which are now a really pretty shade of bright green) reflect in all the mini-lakes - it's not the

One of the rather infamous signs in Tango - at first glance it REALLY looks like 'I LOVE Satan'...

Upon arriving at our destination - Amanohashidate, we decided to stop for a late lunch. There are lots of dining options at what is probably the number one tourist spot in Tango, but we headed upstairs to a little place that specializes in noodles, and had cold soba and udon. The waitress even went out of her way to bring us an English menu, and then seemed a bit embarrassed about it when Bryn ordered in perfect Japanese! It was nice to just park our bikes directly in front of the place and pop inside for a bite though. After lunch we hopped back on the bikes and headed across the peninsula to ride home along the other side of the bay. 

Don't mind the picture - Bryn's hat hair was doing it's own thing!

"Bryn, do I have seaweed in my teeth?"

Once we had made it home we set out in the car to collect the ingredients for that night's dinner - thai chicken pizza inspired by California Pizza Kitchen! The pizza's turned out really nice (almost like the real thing) and we spent the rest of the evening on the couch drinking gin and tonics and watching Lost. Over all a really perfect Saturday!

Sunday morning didn't greet us with sunshine, but rather steady rain and wind. We both slept in a good deal later than usual before dragging ourselves out of bed. Once we were up and clean, we settled onto the couch and I turned on the TV. I was flipping through the channels when out of nowhere the announcer said "Kyotango City Amino Minami Elementary School" (in Japanese though...) What?!? That's my elementary school! Sure enough some guy had gone to school and done baseball like activities with one of my 6th grade classes! I can't wait to go back to that school and tell that class I saw them on TV :)Sunday's big event - my haircut! I spent the last year and a half growing my hair out for the wedding. Well, the wedding is over, and it was time to chop it all off again! So, that's what I did. It later got a bit wet and wind-blown while we were out running errands, but you can get the basic idea!

Well, it sounds like Bryn has dinner about ready! He has made yorkshire pudding and roast beef...I've never had yorkshire pudding before so I am quite excited!! (It smells nice too!)